Prepare for NBA free agency madness with this Twitter emoji handbook

July 1, 2016. Welcome to the official start of NBA Free Agency — a brothel of rumors, verbal agreements, fake Twitter accounts, kidnapping your own players to prevent them from signing with other team, and most importantly: EMOJIS.

Before we begin, let’s revisit why this is even a thing — a trip down memory lane to free agency 2015, when the Twitter emoji outbreak first occurred and permanently infected the Internet.

ESPN sources say Blake Griffin has already huddled with DeAndre Jordan on the matter and that Chris Paul could also still join the process

Why do players always tweet emojis of snakes in the grass? Why is the banana boat such a big deal? WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?

These symbols will go undefined NO MORE. Before the madness begins Friday, please familiarize yourself with the following NBA Free Agency Emoji guidebook – so when your favorite player and/or team starts expressing themselves through the majesty of emojis, you will know exactly what to expect:

1) The "I just signed a huge contract" emojis

2) The "WTF is my front office doing?" emojis

3) "I told you [Insert player who just switched teams] wasn’t a loyal teammate"

4) "Don’t care what’s being said about me, none of it matters because I got one of these"

5) Either "I just signed with the Kings" or "I just signed to play with THE king"